REFLECTOR: Velocity video; landing flare
Al Gietzen
ALVentures at cox.net
Sun Jan 27 19:41:23 CST 2008
Admittedly on the first landing in the video I got the nose higher than
usual at touchdown - call it a flare if you like. I think the idea is to
get it down over the runway, pull the power and continue to fly with the
wheels just off the surface. As the speed bleeds off, the angle of attack
necessarily increases until the mains touch, then fly the canard slowly down
to the surface - if you can. As mentioned previously, trimming for slight
forward pressure on the stick prior to the mains touching helps that last
part. I'm still typically going 10+ kts above canard stall when the mains
touch
At least that's what I try to do; but I'm surely no expert at this point -
and not likely to get two landings in a row the same.
Al
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Velocity video
Steve,
It took me almost 400 hours of flying to learn that not only can I land my
SERG in a flare, but that it is 5 times easier and 10 times softer landing.
John
steve korney wrote:
Guess that dispelled the myth that you can't land a Velocity in a
flair............
Best... Steve
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From: johnt at comp-sol.com
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:35:07 -0600
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Velocity video
This is one of those 'big smile' videos!
Thanks for sharing.
John
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of
Al Gietzen [ALVentures at cox.net]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:54 PM
To: reflector
Subject: REFLECTOR: Velocity video
For those who like; I'll share some video made by my son (with my 5 yr old
grandson who's nuts about airplanes). It includes a takeoff, flyby, touch
and go, and landing; lasts about 8 minutes, and is 20MB non-streaming, so
high speed access will certainly be a plus.
http://photofu.com/darryl/Velocity_Vignette.wmv
Enjoy;
Al
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